Slaughterhouse-Five -
it talks of the author's experiences in the Second World War as Billy Pilgrim, the son of an American barber. He serves as a chaplain's assistant in World War II, is captured by the Germans, and he survives the largest massacre in European history--the fire bombing of Dresden. After the war Billy makes a great deal of money as an optometrist, and on his wedding night he is kidnapped by a flying saucer from the planet Tralfamadore. So begins a modern classic by a master storyteller. It is not only Vonnegut's most powerful book, it is as important as any written since 1945.

Mark Lane: Conversations with America -
portrayed American soldiers as brutal war criminals during the Vietnam war ; His book was critized by famous reporter, Neil Sheehan. Once critizied but noticied by many, it became an important novel in showing a persons perspective of how cruel a soldier could be. Tyrel

In the poem "Our Soldiers", the author views the American soldier as brave and courageous. They view the American Soldier as a good person. In "Thanks to the American Soldier", the author is talking about the same thing.
"Thanks to our American heroes,
whose devotion is second to none,
Whose courage and braveness alone
caused many battles to be won".

Intro: Literature is a way that authors can express there opinions or someone else's opinion. The American Soldier is a topic that often comes up in an authors piece of literature. Some authors view the American Soldier as honorable. We honor American Soldiers through holidays. Many authors view the American Soldier as brave. He defends his country knowing that his life is at risk. Sacrificial is a charcteristic that often comes up when authors talk about the American Soldier. The American Soldier sacrifices his time to go to training and war when he could be spending that time with his family that he left at home. They also sacrifice their lives. After coming back from a war many soldiers are not the same. They sometimes experience trauma which causes them to be paranoid. This is a characterstic that authors write about as well. These characteristics are shown in the form of novels, short stories, and poems about the American Soldier.